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"My children may bicker, and I may—almost certainly will—complain. But the bickering and the griping are chaff, and what’s left when the winds of time carry them away are the golden kernels I want to savor..."
--Melissa Wiley

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January 22, 2008

Yikes! (I mean, Welcome! I'm so glad you dropped by!)

When I started this blog last April, I was so nervous I didn't tell anyone about it at all.

Except my dear husband--and I would stand behind him as he read each post, nervously awaiting his reaction.

Of course, The Chief is my biggest cheerleader, and even during times when I wasn't posting at all, he'd check in from work to see if maybe this might be the day I might have been inspired! He was actually proud of me, and that pleased me more than I can say.

So I got bold.

After visiting with a sister who homeschools in Ohio, I shyly suggested she check out what I'd written and give me some feedback. (Theresa may not have written the book on kindness in our family, but that's only because Noney had already written it. It was a fair bet she wouldn't hurt my feelings or anything.) So now I had three readers (including me)! It boggled my mind.

It wasn't until a couple of days ago, though, that I even told the rest of my family that I had a blog, and honestly, I was a little sick to my stomach awaiting their reaction...or worse, no reaction at all!

(It's so hard to be me, you have no idea!) :)

Well, of course, my family was very kind, and I was grateful for that...until one of my sweet sisters proudly told our homeschool group to go ahead and take a gander!!! AUGGHHHH!! :)

See, it's one thing to let a bunch of strangers look at this space. It's another thing entirely to invite in folks who might actually hear how loud I can yell, or who observe my haggard self with (only!) three young ones in the grocery store or at Mass, looking like a poster child for the "zero population growth" movement.

"Look at that sidebar picture!" I can hear them say. "I didn't know she knew how to smile!"

All kidding aside, welcome to our friends and acquaintances in our homeschool group. I hope your time here is worth your while, and I'd actually love for you to visit again and join in the conversation any time. My goal this year, besides trying to homeschool without going crazy, is to begin to truly learn to live the liturgical year with my guinea pigs family. I'm trying to learn how to organize and maintain the daily upkeep of our home while giving my children what I hope is excellent introduction to the world of ideas, through our faith. And I'm trying really, really hard to navigate this course in a way that brings joy to our home. (and the biggest obstacle to that, so far, has been...me!)

I'm sure you can see it's very much a work in progress, and to the extent I get it right, it's only by the grace of God--and the judicious use of other people's ideas!

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Hi!

Well, you've got yourself networked in to enough blogrolls to pull in this "stranger" to read your blog. Feel free to drop in on me too, at your leisure.

I felt the same insecure way when I started my blog. I have a "private" one where I write just about my kids, but in a way I started it to direct my MIL and family to something "safe", where I didn't have to let too much of my mind show. Just today I was thinking how I feel I've reached a mental merge point. Blogging has actually helped there.

So, enough babbling from a total stranger, but hey, thanks for your welcome!

Isn't scary knowing your family will be reading your blog? I mean it's one thing to bare your soul to complete strangers, but quite another to bare it to those near and dear.:)
I told my family right off the bat about my blog. What totally freaked me out was to find out my pastor was reading it. And he read on of my posts to the entire congregation of our church on Easter Sunday. ACK! Now my real family and my church family are reading. Talk about a major freak out moment!
Thanks for the welcome, even though you are on my bloglines blogroll.:)

I know how you feel, when I found out that my extended family had found my blog I changed the address! For some reason I am more comfortable bearing my soul to total strangers than to people I actually know!

Hello! I discovered your blog through the Catholic blogroll (I'm in there, too.) and just randomly hit some blogs to read about what everyone is doing. I am bookmarking your site, though, because I just like how you write and express yourself, and your picture is way friendly. :D

My family knows I have a blog, but honestly? No one in the family reads it. No one is really a reader except me, so maybe that's why. LOL But I've got good online buddies that read it, and we all support one another. So, hey, it's awesome that you got a good response from your family. That's so sweet!

Welcome to My Blog!

We are a Catholic homeschooling family of 7, a blend of step children, bio children and adoptees, making our way to heaven the best way we know how! Here's a record of our journey, with thoughts on anything we care about--mostly homeschooling, faith and finding a way to make it all work for each of us. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your visit!